Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 21, 2101003(2023)

Inversion Calculation of Atmospheric Refractive Index Structure Constant Based on Atmospheric Coherence Length and Isoplanatic Angle Measured in Nanshan, Xinjiang

Yuxi Cao1, Haifeng Yao2、**, Heng Zhang1, Lei Zhang1、*, Shuai Chang3, Shoufeng Tong3、***, and Xiaoke Tao4
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin , China
  • 2School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 3National and Local Engineering Research Center of Space Optoelectronic Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin , China
  • 4Army of32215
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    The refractive index structure constant Cn2 is an important atmospheric parameter reflecting turbulence intensity. Herein, a new Cn2 inversion method is proposed based on the coherence length r0 and isoplanatic angle θ0 data of the entire atmospheric layer to address the problem related to the fact that many initial input data are needed for inversion and inversion without single type data. Based on the generalized Hufnagel-Valley (HV) turbulence model, the theoretical relationship between r0 and θ0 is deduced. Based on the measured data of r0 and θ0 in Nanshan, Xinjiang, the seven parameters of the generalized HV model are obtained using inverse calculations followed by the determination of the Cn2 profile. These seven parameter values are substituted into the deduced theoretical relationship of r0 and θ0 to calculate the value of θ0 on any single day. The simulation results show that the variation trend of the fitted average Cn2 and single-day Cn2 profiles are in good agreement with the Xianghe model, and the coincidence degree is high. The average value of the daily correlation coefficient between the calculated and the measured θ0 profiles reaches 81.95%, and the highest value is 87%. The results verify the feasibility of the proposed method and provide a reference for the inversion of the Cn2 profile.

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    Yuxi Cao, Haifeng Yao, Heng Zhang, Lei Zhang, Shuai Chang, Shoufeng Tong, Xiaoke Tao. Inversion Calculation of Atmospheric Refractive Index Structure Constant Based on Atmospheric Coherence Length and Isoplanatic Angle Measured in Nanshan, Xinjiang[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(21): 2101003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric Optics and Oceanic Optics

    Received: Oct. 31, 2022

    Accepted: Nov. 23, 2022

    Published Online: Oct. 26, 2023

    The Author Email: Yao Haifeng (custfeng@outlook.com), Zhang Lei (zl1980@cust.edu.cn), Tong Shoufeng (cust0888@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP222937

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